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16 April 2024
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![Shamplina Speaks: Letting agents are landlords' allies today](/upload/images/Paul%20Shamplina(3).png)
In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...
06 April 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Landlord who crammed 40 people into house is banned](/upload/images/shutterstock_423625090(1).jpg)
A criminal businessman has been given a London council’s first ever landlord banning order. Property dealer Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, who lives in...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists want Labour chiefs to hear case for selective licensing](/upload/images/library/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill not law until late 2023 or beyond](/upload/images/library/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
There is still time for landlords to influence the specific provisions of the Renters Reform Bill according to one of the...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Over 100 experts to woo landlords at investment show this week](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks: How guaranteed is ‘guaranteed rent’?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PaulShamplinaLandlordTodayLogo-400x310.jpg)
Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...
13 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
![He’s Back! Shamplina’s Nightmare Tenants back on TV tonight](/upload/images/library/NightmareTenantsSlumLandlords-400x310.jpg)
Evictions guru Paul Shamplina returns to the TV this evening but his Channel5 show has had a name change - it...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council hits out at ‘slum landlords’ after unsafe property case](/upload/images/library/DamagedProperty-400x310.jpg)
A landlord has been prosecuted for failure to make improvements to his tenanted property, including failing to install a fire detection...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s back! ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ on TV tonight](/img/default/llt.png)
This 10-part series - filmed before the pandemic - follows letting agents, eviction specialists and lawyers helping landlords chase rent arrears and...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Channel 5 show to follow yet more difficult tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
Channel 5 will continue to provide an insight into a number of tenants and landlords across the UK, as feuds between...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords viewers left in shock last night](/img/default/llt.png)
The latest episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords left many viewers stunned after the show exposed extensive damage to a property...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![More needs to be done to protect landlords from fraud](/img/default/llt.png)
There is a growing need to improve fraud detection in the private rented sector, according to Landlord Action. Paul Shamplina, the founder...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent discovers cannabis farm at rented flat in Lancashire](/img/default/llt.png)
A shocked letting agent found a cannabis farm in of one of his landlord’s houses while filming for a Channel 5...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord family ordered to pay £250k under Proceeds of Crime Act](/img/default/llt.png)
A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord hit with record £1.5m fine for flouting planning rules](/img/default/llt.png)
A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![New TV series to expose ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’](/img/default/llt.png)
A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord fined £339k for allowing tenants to live in ‘atrocious conditions’](/img/default/llt.png)
A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for evicting an unwanted tenant](/img/default/llt.png)
As the buy-to-let industry has grown, so too have the many rules and regulations involved with letting a property. Keeping up with...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most prosecuted landlord unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
A charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people, including the homeless with addiction problems, has...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council denies MP’s claims it is subsidising ‘slum’ landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Peterborough City Council has rejected a claim that it is subsidising slum landlords with taxpayers’ money following an accusation by the...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![New TV series to expose ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’](/img/default/llt.png)
Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![New TV series to expose ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’](/img/default/llt.png)
Following the success of the first two series, the third series of “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, starts this Sunday. The observational documentary highlights alarming...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![MP slams subsidy for ‘slum’ landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A new scheme launched to help landlords with housing repairs in Peterborough has been panned by the local MP. Stewart Jackson MP...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![MP wants to see more done to clampdown on rogue landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Poor conditions for older renters ‘need to be addressed’](/img/default/llt.png)
Better standards of private rented homes are needed to accommodate the growing number of people living in the private rented sector,...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Number of older tenants set to soar, but ‘awful conditions’ must improve](/img/default/llt.png)
The number of older people living in the private rented sector is expected to rise sharply over the next few years,...
29 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Vulnerable families being exploited by ‘rogue landlords’, BBC report claims](/img/default/llt.png)
Vulnerable families are being exploited by ‘rogue landlords’ in the Govanhill area of Glasgow, according to a BBC Scotland investigation. The report...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Calls for greater powers to clampdown on rogue landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
The government and local councils are not doing enough to clampdown on rogue landlords, according to a new report. A survey of...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb phenomenon “a growing issue” for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
More and more tenants are subletting rental properties on peer-to-peer websites such as Airbnb, according to an eviction specialist. Landlord Action says...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Eviction specialist’s blog exposes rogue tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...
11 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ commissioned for second series](/img/default/llt.png)
Channel Five bosses have agreed the eye-opening first series of ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ has only scratched the surface of the...
29 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Three landlords face financial ruin on “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”](/img/default/llt.png)
This week’s episode of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, featuring evictions expert Landlord Action, will feature three separate landlords all...